Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2521 Changyan Railway
"Comrades, friends..."

The thin old man opened the report and the whole hall fell silent.

"In last year's work, our total industrial output reached 3826.58 billion, an increase of 63.8% over last year, and the total agricultural output reached 1889.69 billion, an increase of 25.6% over last year."

"Among them, the total industrial output was 2698 million tons, an increase of 26.12% over last year."

"Our foreign exchange reserves are calculated to be US$3825.31 billion."

The thin old man flipped through the meeting report, and every time he mentioned a number, he would cause cheers from the crowd.

The figures above are all real things in revolutionary construction.

“Here we also have to look to the future.”

The thin old man reopened a document and said, "Comrades, we still have a lot to do."

"Our medical care is still far behind that of developed countries, our agricultural development cannot feed everyone, and our steel industry cannot keep up with the pace of development."

"The international situation we are currently facing remains grim."

"Foreign blockades, economic constraints, and the counterattack of the old forces are still a reminder to us!"

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!"

The thin old man spoke solemnly, and the people below listened seriously.

Yang Xiaotao clenched his fists lightly.

The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard.

This road is still very long.

People coming from later generations know better how difficult this road is.

But no matter how difficult it is, we have to keep going.

Work hard and you will see the future.

Faced with intimidation, our ancestors never bowed their heads, so how can we do the same?

What about the lockdown?
After ten or eight years of blockade, we have everything.

In an instant, many images emerged in Yang Xiaotao's mind, and the old man's sonorous and powerful voice seemed to come to his ears.

That is the most powerful voice of this era.

After the thin old man finished speaking, it was the uncle who came on stage to make the final conclusion.

"My dear comrades, we must always bear in mind the mission entrusted to us by the country, bear in mind our own responsibilities, have a pragmatic ideological line, and have a revolutionary spirit that is not afraid of sacrifice and fights to the end."

"My dear comrades, the revolution needs you."

Bang bang bang bang
The meeting ended at 11:30 am.

Everyone stood up, clapped, and watched the person on the podium leave.

Afterwards, Yang Xiaotao followed Huang Lao, Zhang Lao and others to disperse, but they did not leave. Instead, they came to the banquet hall, where wine and food had already been served.

But they are all cold dishes.

Yang Xiaotao had also attended state banquets before, so he was not surprised by this.

Soon Yang Xiaotao followed Mr. Huang and his friends to find their seats. There were nine people at a table, and they just booked the whole table, in the front row in the middle.

Soon, the thin old man, who had taken a short rest, brought people over again.

The crowd welcomed him again.

As people sat down, the person in charge of serving the food began to move around the table carrying plates.

The banquet began without too much formality. The thin old man, uncle and others walked around the banquet with wine glasses in their hands never empty.

Mr. Huang and others are well-informed and have attended many banquets of this scale and are used to it.

Although Yang Xiaotao did not participate much, he was very discerning and did whatever Mr. Huang and the others did.

Soon, the thin old man came to their table, followed by the uncle.

"Commander, this is not Erguotou!"

Mr. Zhou from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building was the closest to it, and he even leaned over to smell it.

The thin old man put the wine glass forward under Zhou Lao's nose and said, "Smell it!"

Mr. Zhou immediately took two puffs and said, "Mmm, Maotai, no problem!"

Mr. Huang and the others laughed.

Mr. Chen joked, "Old Zhou, you are so proud of yourself that you dare to question the leader."

"That's right, Commander. Old Zhou is getting arrogant."

"You must drink a penalty."

Mr. Wang next to him joked that in fact, the development speed of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building in the past two years was not much slower than that of his Seventh Ministry of Machine Building.

Especially the research, development and manufacturing of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers, as well as the projects we participated in this time, there are a lot of good things in those shipyards.

"Commander, I'm Lao Zhou, thank you for your support."

"I'll do it first as a courtesy."

Mr. Zhou didn't say anything more. He just drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Then he grinned and took a breath, then picked up the bottle on the table and filled it up.

Seeing this, the thin old man drank a little of the wine in the glass and then looked at Yang Xiaotao.

"Xiao Yang, what do you think of this meeting?"

Yang Xiaotao raised his glass with a smile, "I have many feelings, but the biggest one is that I haven't listened to you enough."

Mr. Chen at the side said with a smile, "Then you have to make the report thicker so that the chief can speak more on it."

Yang Xiaotao immediately assured, "No problem, I will definitely make the report thicker by next New Year's Day."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. The thin old man also smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to finish your report and miss your meal and go hungry?"

"Don't worry, I'm so absorbed in listening to this that I don't feel hungry even at night."

Yang Xiaotao said seriously.

But Elder Wang was on the side, cheering, "This kid is too greedy, he's still not satisfied."

"I'm watching the watch. This meeting lasts two and a half hours, but the chief gave you nine and a half hours. We don't get that treatment."

Qin Lao also cheered on the side, "Only half an hour of the commander, you must do one."

After recovering from his shock, Mr. Zhou also shouted, "Drink one."

The people around saw the lively atmosphere at the table and looked over.

Yang Xiaotao was not hypocritical. "Okay, Commander, I'll apologize in advance. I'll have to trouble you more next year."

After saying that, he tilted his head back and drank it.

Hearing this, the thin old man laughed and drank the wine in the glass.

The people around were surprised when they saw this scene.

The person who can make the leader drink must have a very special relationship with him.

What's more, among the nine people at this table, which one is simple?

Some people want to get closer, but don't have a way to do so.

"Comrades, in the future, we must get better and better."

After refilling the wine, the old man walked to the table and raised his glass together.

Huang Lao raised his cup and said loudly, "Don't worry, Commander, we will definitely complete more tasks and earn more honors."

"Okay, I'll wait and talk more next year. Cheers."

"Dry!"

After everyone clinked their glasses, the thin old man went to the next table, and everyone sat down. Then they heard Mr. Huang continue to say, "It's not easy for all of us to get together. Shouldn't we have a drink?"

Old Liu from the Second Machine Department nodded slightly. "Old Huang is right. Although drinking is not my strong point, we have to drink this cup."

"Old Liu has spoken, what are we waiting for? Come on."

Mr. Wang immediately raised his glass, Yang Xiaotao just smiled and raised their glasses together.

Nine people at the table clinked glasses and drank.

After sitting down again, they started chatting with smiles.

"Old Huang, how's your tunnel boring machine?"

"I heard that the locomotive on the railway is almost ready. Don't wait until they finish it before you're done."

Mr. Zhao from the Fourth Machine Department asked, and Mr. Huang smiled as he ate his food, "Isn't this going on?"

"Don't worry, I won't keep them waiting."

As the two said this, the others turned their eyes to Yang Xiaotao who was eating.

At this time, Yang Xiaotao was using chopsticks to insert a lion's head into the bowl, tasting the differences between the one made by the master chef and his own.

You know what, the taste is really fresh, and it’s not just one kind of freshness, it’s the kind of freshness with layers of flavors.

Take one bite and it tastes one way, take another and it tastes another way.

I thought to myself that I would have to at least upgrade my cooking proficiency to level seven to reach this level.

After tasting another dish of squirrel mandarin fish and Dongpo pork, Yang Xiaotao suddenly had the urge to improve his cooking skills to level 8. Anyway, the credits now are enough.

but.
These credits are a bit hard to earn.

A little reluctant.
Um?
Suddenly, Yang Xiaotao felt that there were not enough sounds at the table.

He put down his chopsticks and looked up quickly.

I saw Mr. Wang talking in a low voice with Mr. Zhou and Mr. Yan on his left and right, and the others looked over from time to time when they heard it.

At this time, Mr. Huang patted Yang Xiaotao on the shoulder and said, "How is it? It tastes good, right?"

Yang Xiaotao picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, then nodded, "It's delicious."

Elder Liu at the side said with a smile, "Then eat more. As we age, we can only eat light meals. We are envious of you for eating so deliciously."

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you!"

Elder Liu waved his hand and then asked with a smile, "Old Song from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that their Practice No. 1 is almost ready and they are waiting for you. What's the situation over there?"

Yang Xiaotao put down his napkin and said seriously, "We are making good progress here. We estimate that it will be completed in a month at most. However, we still need to go up and try to see if it will succeed."

Old Liu nodded. Their Second Ministry of Machine Building also had a project that needed to be tested on Practice No. 1. Although it had been postponed for a while, it should be no problem within a month.

"Isn't it a bit hasty to start before the New Year?"

Mr. Huang asked with concern.

I don’t know much about satellites, but I know that if you are not careful in this kind of scientific research, it can lead to major mistakes.

Even failure.

Yang Xiaotao gave him an affirmative look, and then said, "There should be no problem. The main components have been tested and passed, and there are no major technical problems."

Mr. Huang just nodded slightly.

Everyone chatted for a while at the table, then stood up and walked around the banquet.

Yang Xiaotao followed behind Mr. Huang and met quite a few people.

Of course, more people also want to get closer to him.

The rise of Jiubu has attracted attention from all over the world, especially those places that have Jiubu factories, which are even more impressed.

Yang Xiaotao also knew that this was a compulsory course at the banquet, so he joined in the greetings. His main point was not to offend anyone, but he also refused to accept anyone's sugar-coated bullets.

The banquet ended at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Yang Xiaotao left the banquet hall with everyone else and immediately rushed to the Ninth Department.

When we arrived at the Ninth Department, Li Hongfeng, Liu Huaimin, Yang Youning and others were waiting in the office. When they saw Yang Xiaotao coming back, they hurried forward to ask about the meeting.

Yang Xiaotao took out the main contents of the meeting minutes and explained them to a few people.

"I won't talk about the achievements we have made, we all know it in our hearts."

"I will mainly talk about the instructions for next year's work."

Li Hongfeng, Liu Huaimin and others hurriedly picked up paper and pen to take notes.

"There are two main points related to us. One is to maintain the advantage. The other is to implement it to the end."

"To maintain our advantage, we need to keep forging ahead."

"When our Ninth Department was first established, we listed three key areas: machine tools, chemicals, and computers."

"At present, only the pharmaceutical aspect of the chemical industry has shown improvement. The other two aspects still need to be worked on. We will strive to make progress next year."

"The ultimate goal is to optimize the industry. We cannot cling to the old and treat it as natural when there are better ones. We must resolutely crack down on those who are unwilling to accept the changes!"

Yang Youning, who was recording, felt a tremor in his heart, but did not dare to refute.

After all, this is an instruction from my superiors.

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, it was already evening and everyone was ready to leave.

"By the way, Lao Yang, how are the situations in Yanzhou being handled?"

As they walked out, Yang Xiaotao thought of Shi Yi and asked casually.

Yang Youning thought for a moment and told him the decision. Yang Xiaotao nodded and said, "I met Shi Yi from Yanzhou at the meeting. Secretary Shi, I invited him to visit our Nine Departments."

"When the time comes, you can accompany me and chat about Yanzhou's affairs."

Yang Youning immediately understood Yang Xiaotao's intention.

The original proposal for the Yanzhou branch was made by the superior leaders.

This shows the status of Yanzhou in the leader's mind.

"Okay, I understand."

The two nodded tacitly and went home.

Sure enough, the next day, not long after Yang Xiaotao arrived at the Ninth Department, he heard from the guard that Secretary Shi Yi from Qinxi Province was coming to visit.

Yang Xiaotao immediately called Li Hongfeng and Yang Youning and went downstairs to greet them.

A car slowly stopped downstairs of the office building, and then Shi Yi was seen leading two people out of the car quickly and walking towards Yang Xiaotao and the other two.

"Yang Department!"

Shi Yi stepped forward enthusiastically, and Yang Xiaotao stretched out his hand to shake it, "Secretary Shi, thank you for coming to our Ninth Department."

"You're welcome. I'm just making an impolite visit. I hope Director Yang will not be so polite."

"You're welcome. You're welcome."

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao introduced Li Hongfeng and Yang Youning, and Shi Yi greeted them enthusiastically again.

"Secretary Li, Director Yang, nice to meet you."

"Secretary Shi, you are too polite. Let's talk inside."

Everyone came to the conference room and sat down as host and guest. After the staff served tea and water, they began to exchange pleasantries.

After getting to know each other, Li Hongfeng and Shi Yi had common topics. It turned out that they both came from the railway industry. The difference was that Li Hongfeng went to Goryeo, while Shi Yi stayed in China.

Later, the two people developed differently. If it weren't for the Ninth Division, Li Hongfeng would still be digging tunnels in the southwest.

On the contrary, Shi Yi has been very successful in his career over the years.

Both of them are from the railway industry, which makes them feel close when they talk.

Yang Xiaotao and Yang Youning were accompanying them, and the three of them were having a great time.

Afterwards, Yang Youning took the initiative to inquire about the situation at the Yanzhou factory, especially the follow-up work.

"I have already arranged everything at the Yanzhou Machinery Factory, and the injured workers have been properly treated."

Having said that, Shi Yi's face showed an additional hint of caution, and his tone became respectful.

To be honest, after this incident, the entire Yanzhou, and even the entire Qinxi Province, could be said to have witnessed the attitude of the Nine Departments.

When dealing with problems, we are neither anxious nor shy; instead, we single them out as typical cases for handling.

More importantly, the nine departments not only have a strict attitude towards work, but also attach great importance to "standardization".

At present, let alone their Qinxi Province, even in the whole country, there is no other place that can be so "standardized".

But unfortunately, this is how the Nine Departments stipulated it.

There are strict regulations for everything from a small screw to large parts on a machine.

If you can’t do it, find a way to do it.

This is the attitude of the Nine Departments.

They attach even greater importance to handling the problem, and for this purpose they have sent special personnel to conduct special analysis and investigation.

The person he sent to listen came back and wrote him a 30-page report.

It tells about the investigation methods of the nine investigators, and they are trying to find as many hidden dangers as possible for you.

Even some inconspicuous violations were caught and had to be corrected on the spot.

After this incident, not only did the workers of the Yanzhou branch become refreshed in spirit and vigor, but several surrounding factories were also affected. They no longer had to cope with the situation as usual. The industrial environment of the entire Yanzhou actually improved little by little and became more uplifting.

At that time, he wanted to come to the Ninth Department to see what kind of leader had caused such changes in the Ninth Department.

At the same time, he had been troubled by the problem in his heart, and he also had new choices.

"Director Yang, Lao Li, Director Yang, I'm here to seek help with something."

When the words came to his lips, Shi Yi was still a little nervous, but he felt that he had to say it.

Say it out loud and you’ll have one more choice.

If you don't tell me, I can only follow the steps, and I don't know when it will happen.

Hearing Shi Yi's words, Yang Xiaotao and the other two looked at each other, and then Yang Xiaotao asked, "Secretary Shi, please tell me what you want to say."

"We will help if we can."

Hearing this, Shi Yi took a document from the secretary and handed it to the three people.

Yang Xiaotao didn't look at it. Li Hongfeng took it and flipped through it. Shi Yi continued, "This is a railway that we in Qinxi Province want to build."

"A railway from Chang'an to Yanzhou."

"Long-term railway!"

(End of this chapter)